3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (333+ words) Ireland’s Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) has proposed offering discounted gas connections to new data centers on the condition that they accept the risk of planned supply interruptions during periods of high demand. First reported by the Irish Times,…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (284+ words) AI data center developer Exascale Labs has partnered with energy storage firm EnergyBank to explore developing AI data centers co-located with floating offshore wind and long-duration battery energy storage. The pilot project is expected to have a capacity of 800kW and…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (344+ words) The Spanish government is set to pass new legislation requiring data centers to source at least 80 percent of their electricity consumption from new renewable generation on an hourly basis. First reported by Europa Press, the Spanish government approved the draft…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1647+ words) This article was co-authored by Geoffroy Berthon, Partner, and Charlotte Berrat, Associate – Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe This article provides a practical legal perspective on several points arising from the grid connection process for data centers in France. It focuses on some…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (596+ words) Osmund launches with two products: flagship product Osmund Åben (“Open”), where customers pay exactly what their electricity costs Osmund to deliver to their address — power at cost price, with no margin — and Osmund Rolig (“Calm”), spot-price electricity with a single…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (370+ words) Artificial intelligence is advancing at extraordinary speed, but its physical limits are increasingly being tested by how much power can be generated, transmitted, and delivered where compute is needed. In this context, imagine a country with abundant renewable energy, water,…...

3+ week, 20+ hour ago   (285+ words) Ignis and Acciona have formalized a joint venture to develop a data center project in the province of Segovia (Castile and León), which will be accompanied by an adjacent solar power plant designed to meet its electricity needs with renewable…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (393+ words) A large data center is rumored to be arriving in the town of Hofheim in the state of Hesse, western Germany. The 10-hectare (24-acre) plot known as ‘In der Lach’ was sold by property developers Krieger Group to a mystery…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (290+ words) Electrical systems manufacturer ABB has launched a new ultracapacitor energy storage solution for real-time, coordinated grid support in Irish data centers. According to ABB, the system is designed to help Ireland’s data centers meet a new EirGrid grid code requirement…...

1+ mon, 19+ hour ago   (521+ words) I recently took part in a DCD-led discussion on the role of the Independent Power Producer (IPP) in the data center world, alongside Rhett Weiss, chief development officer at Exus Digital. A couple of years ago the topic would have…...